4 Stocks Pushing The Media Industry Higher

1. As of noon trading, Virgin Media ( VMED) is up $0.43 (0.9%) to $46.22 on light volume Thus far, 2.0 million shares of Virgin Media exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 7.1 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $45.53-$46.37 after having opened the day at $45.54 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $45.79.

Virgin Media Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides entertainment and communications services in the United Kingdom. Virgin Media has a market cap of $12.2 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are up 24.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 3 analysts that rate Virgin Media a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 4 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Virgin Media as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity, attractive valuation levels, expanding profit margins and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow. Get the full Virgin Media Ratings Report now.

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